Ayakashi Ayashi, ep. 21: “End on a Starry Night” (Seiya ni Hatsu) The Onmyouji Rangers make a reappearance and unleash a a blood sucking monster upon Edo. Someone call Saya and Hagi! Summary and thoughts following the pics (click to enlarge): The mysterious onmyouji (sorcerors) with red masks board a ship, and the ship’s captain [...]
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Ayakashi Ayashi, ep. 20: “The Lullaby of Shinobazuno Pond” (Shinobazuno ike komoriuta) Yukiatsu learns about what happened after he ran away from home; meanwhile, the sword youi has fed many weapons and goes on a rampage. Summary and thoughts following the pics (click to enlarge): Some samurai harass a girl so Toshizou confronts them, telling them [...]
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Ayakashi Ayashi, ep. 19: The Three Yukiatsus (Sannin Yukiatsu) Team Ayashi is confronted with the mystery of two other people in town claiming to be Ryuudou Yukiatsu. But investigating it means that Yukiatsu must confront his past. Summary and thoughts following the pics (click to enlarge): The time is the near the end of May, [...]
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Ayakashi Ayashi, ep. 18: “Wanderers’ Paradise” (Hyouhakusha no Rakuen) The Mountain People/Ninai arc comes to an end as everyone learns the truth about the Ancient Peoples. Summary following the pics (click to enlarge): The assassination attempt on Torii’s life fails as samurai locate and capture the men waiting in ambush. Outside, Kyousai explains that it [...]
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Two really quick things before I go to bed:It's hard to believe that it's been 234 days since the final episode of Fate/stay night last year. That's how long I've been waiting to hear Kimi to no Ashita, and now it's finally been released on Tainaka Saichi's latest single. FSN certainly had it's ups and downs, but this song brings back all the good memories, particularly of the ending. 234 days...time sure goes by fast. The few of you who still watch Ayakashi Ayashi may have noticed that I haven't blogged the show in a couple of weeks. I really just couldn't motivate myself to continue watching because it didn't interest me enough, so I've dropped it. My apologies to those of you who were still keeping up.
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Ayakashi Ayashi, ep. 17: “The Other World” (Kakuriyo) Team Ayashi find out the plot behind the failed assassination attempts against Atobe and Yamazaki, and Abi finds all this has a connection to his sister. Summary and thoughts following the pics (click to enlarge): Saizou tells Edo Gen to shoot the creature on the ceiling, but he’s [...]
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Some mad old guy in a thong makes a big organ-pipe Yoii appear because he’s obsessed with some suit of armour. It dies. The Ayashi eat some meat. What is UP with the pacing of this show? It’s so infuriating to watch Ayakashi Ayashi because there’s so many good ideas in it and [...]
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Ayakashi Ayashi, ep. 16: “The Machine People” (Ki no Tami) An investigation into an assassination attempt leads Abi into meeting someone connected to his past life in the mountains. Summary and thoughts following the pics (click to enlarge): Brief summary: There is an assassination attempt on Atobe (Ogasawara’s boss), apparently by someone using a gun; [...]
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Ayakashi Ayashi is an excellent series. I just saw episode 13, which was a recap one, but introduced new characters and delved into the main cast’s background. There’s a new OP and ED. The former, Lone Star, is a step down from Ryuusei Miracle and is now a generic pop-punk-rock piece by Captain Straydum, more [...]
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Ayakashi Ayashi is an excellent series. I just saw episode 13, which was a recap one, but introduced new characters and delved into the main cast’s background. There’s a new OP and ED. The former, Lone Star, is a step down from Ryuusei Miracle and is now a generic pop-punk-rock piece by Captain Straydum, more [...]
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